40 Acres and a Microchip

Digital Diaspora is a new UK-based organization for digerati of African descent. According to the manifesto that runs on its Web page, the purpose of the group is to "re-examine our relationship to our cultures and the way we represent them through the use of digital technology."

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In June, Digital Diaspora hosted "40 Acres and a Microchip" – the first black cyberspace conference – featuring such intellectual luminaries as bell hooks, Greg Tate, Tricia Rose, and Samuel R. Delany discussing their views on digital technology. For more on the meanings and messages of the digital future for African peoples around the world, see http://www.wmin.ac.uk/media/diaspora/.